An incumbent may perform any combination of the below listed accountabilities:
1. Assists in developing, implementing, and evaluating program content, daily operations, and polices to ensure the achievement of the Center’s objectives and alignment with the College’s mission.
2. Supports recruitment, enrollment, and orientation of families and children in the program, ensuring eligibility and OCCL child file requirements are met.
3. Assists with the hiring, training, scheduling, supervising and evaluating of all classroom operations, including oversight of lead teachers, assistants, and student workers.
4. Provides guidance and mentoring to classroom teachers and assistants on curriculum implementation, child assessment, and classroom management.
5. Monitors, tracks, and ensures all classroom environments, lesson plans, and activities are developmentally appropriate and meet the requirements of the Office of the Child Care Licensing assessment practices, curriculum program initiatives, and the individual needs of the children in all classrooms.
6. Ensures timely completion and compliance of all required assessments, screenings, and conferences. Oversees accurate data submission, developmentally appropriate lesson planning, and supports identification of developmental delays and referrals as needed.
7. Conducts observations in all classrooms to ensure lesson plans are being followed and presented appropriately, assess interactions between teachers and children, and ensures all the Office of the Child Care Licensing (OCCL) and State Funded Early Care and Education Program (SFECEP) requirements are being met.
8. Monitors, facilitates, and reviews Early Childhood Education Methods and Practicum students with their laboratory experiences including presentation of student lesson plans.
9. Collaborates with the Center Director on grant – related data collection, State Funded Early Care and Education Program (SFECEP) standards, and preparation of state and federal reports.
10. Assists in developing and maintaining effective communication with families, including parent conferences, newsletters, family events, outreach partnerships with community agencies, college departments, and external early childhood organizations.
11. Serves as back-up in the director of the child development center’s absence. This includes making decisions on behalf of the Center in case of emergency and addresses pressing issues including daily scheduling and all daily center administration tasks.
12. Assist in the management of fiscal activities, including purchases of supplies, equipment, classroom materials, and monitoring expenditures within the approved budget.
13. Assists in maintaining the cleanliness of supplies and equipment and performing light housekeeping duties for the Center as needed.
14. Performs other related duties as required.
